Missouri Revised Statutes Title XI. Education and Libraries § 178.296. Educational programs for juveniles placed or detained in county facilities--state aid

1. The school districts, except school districts which are part of a special school district, and special school districts in which county- or court-operated facilities for the care and protection of juveniles are located shall provide appropriate educational programs for those juveniles of school age who have not been graduated from the twelfth grade and who are placed in such facilities.

2. School districts and special school districts providing educational programs pursuant to subsection 1 shall be entitled to receive, for nonhandicapped children, the aid provided in section 163.031. Aid for programs for handicapped and severely handicapped children shall be allocated as provided by law. No school district or special school district providing educational programs pursuant to subsection 1 shall be required to expend on such programs funds in excess of those received by the district under the provisions of sections 178.295 to 178.298.